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Dec. 2.2, 1936. A. H. PHILLIPS ET Al.

. RECORD Original Filed Jan. 17, 1931 Patented Dec. 22, 1936 UNITED 4sivi'rlas PATENT OFFICE RECORD Application January 17, 1931, Serial No. 509,303 Renewed December 17, 1934 7 Claims. (Cl. 282-12) Thisinvention relates to a record having functionally and structurallyimproved characteristics and capable of use in numerous different associations such as in connection with teletypes,

addressing and billing machines, registers, etc.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a record comprising for example a sexies of superposed layers or sheets, and having an improved arrangement Whereby al1 of these sheets lo are restricted against relative movements by a fastening medium which may be destroyed or removed with facility by a relatively inexperienced operator and without the necessity of any apparatus, and in thus removing this fastening ele- 15 ment, there will be no danger of the record becoming mutilated.

A further object of the invention is that of providing a construction of this nature which will ordinarily maintain the sheets in properly assempo bled condition so that the pack may be handled as a unit, the present invention additionally contemplating a structure capable of production by automatic machinery with consequent minimum expense.

25 Withhthese and further objects in mind, reference is' had to the attached sheet of drawing illustrating one practical embodiment of the invention, and in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a pack-subse- 30 quent to its severance from a record; and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the lines 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partially diagrammatic perspective view of a supply of long, continuous interleaved 35 record and transfer strips embodying a multiplicity of packs of record and-transfer leaves such as shown in Fig. 1 and connected in end to end relation. D

In the foregoing views, a record pack has been 0 shown comprising'sheets of inscription receiving material 5 betweenwhichl there are interleaved sheets or leaves 6 of copying material such as carbon paper. pack according to the present invention preferablyl and initially forms a part of a record embracing a, plurality of strips corresponding to the leaves and sheets' referred to. These sheets or strips as sho'wn in Fig. 3 are of the long continuous traveler type and are preferably sub-divided into packs or piles of sheets or leaves 5 and G defined in the complete record by the transverse severance lines 'l referred toloelow.v Also these continuous strips may, as shown, have transverse fold lines coincident with the weakened lines l,

It will be understood that this the record thus being disposed in the form of a zig-zag folded supply pack A convenient for handling and capable of being housed in a small space. 'Ihe transverse severance lines 1 may be weakened in any desired manner as by perforat- 5 ing the strips so that with or without the assistance of a tearing bar the pack may be conveniently detached from the body of the record.`

In records of this nature, diiculties have sometimes been experienced due to relative dis- 10 placement of the several sheets and leaves prior to arriving at the inscribing station of an apparatus in connection with which rvthey are employed. To this end, it has been proposed to associate with each or certain packs of the record a securing means whereby displacement of the .individual leaves of the pack is prevented. Considerable dii'lculty has arisen in destroying or removingA this securing means when the sheets were to be separated and by means of the present invention, this. diiculty is overcome by providing a construction capable of manipulation by a relatively inexperienced operator and which normally will serve to maintain against relative movements the several sheets, while at thesame time'allowing these sheets to be separated when desired.

As shown in Fig. 1 the record and carbon or` transfer sheets are each preferably formed with selective grip formations or grip escaping apertures provided for by cutting away corner por-- tions of these sheets, as indicated at 8. Thus as shown, the carbon sheets are'cut away at one corner of the assembly shown in Fig. 1 while at a point remote therefrom, as for example, the diagonally opposite corner of the assembly, the record sl eets are similarly cut away. It will be understood that such cut away portions may be variously disposed upon the assembly, but spaced apart for some distance so that the projecting 40 edge portions of the record sheets may be selectively gripped at one point, while the projecting edges of the carbon sheets can be selectively gripped at the other point. In this manner, the record sheets may be readily stripped or separated from the interleaved carbon sheets. In the complete assembly, these selective grip formations formed by relatively oisetting the edge portions of the record and carbon strips may be distributed along the assembly at appropriate intervals and located in each of the sets of relatively superposed record and carbon sheets. It will also be noted that the features of this invention may be embodied in a fanfold construction of known 55 type wherein the strips instead of being separate from each other as shown in the drawing, are provided with a` longitudinal fold extending along the opposite longitudinal edges of the assembly, thus connecting each strip to another strip, either above or below.

The securing means might be in the nature of stitching, riveting, etc., but is herein shown in the form of a staple 9 which extends through the bodies of the inscription receiving and copying sheets, each of which adjacent the point of application of the securing means is formed with a notch l thus providing a weakened area or in other words an edge surface in immediate proximity to the fastening means. This positioning of the several staples 9, provides between the latter and the adjacent edges of the sheets, a frangible attaching part for each sheet or layer which is readily severable by a slight pressure or pulling effort exerted against the staple.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the staple ily preferably according to the present embodiment of the invention extends through the top and bottom sheets' of the record or pack. However, the intervening sheets and leaves are formed with apertures indicated at Il which are of suflicient area to accommodate one or both legs of the staple 9 or other securing medium. As shown the apertures Il as well as the notches or indentations I0 are spaced inwardly from both longitudinal edges of the assembly and the apertures Il are entirely surrounded or closed by the material of the respective layers. it might be said that the top and bottom sheets form in conjunction with the fastening element a clamping member providing a head and base portion and an intervening body, this clamping ,member serving to yieldingly secure the intervening sheets together, yet securing them with suflicient firmness to maintain them in their correct manifoldingrelation with reference to each other and to the overlying and underlying sheets.

Consequently, while the several sheets of the pack are maintained normally against any movement so that perfect registration is assured, it will be obvious that after severance of the pack from the record (conceding that it initially is a part of a main record), an operator by simply gripping the fastening element or either of the outer leaves, may, by exerting a slight pull, induce the fastening element to tear through adjacent the notch l0 thus assuring a ready separation of the sheets. At the same time, by virtue of having the notch which permits of a displacement of the fastening element materially to one side of the line of severance 1, there will be no danger of the fastening element being dislodged as the pack is torn from the record.

Since the apertures Il' are somewhat larger in area than the area of the attaching device or staple 9, a slight relative adjusting movement between the sheets of the pack or assembly will be provided for. This arrangement is well adapted to avoid buckling or wrinkling or similar irregularities in the sheets which might otherwise be caused by stresses in the respective sheets, such as are-often caused when the sheets are passed around a cylindricalplaten or other curved surface or are folded together in the supply pack or when they are straightened or fiattened out again for use after having been folded.` It will be observed that each staple 9 pierces upper and lower sheets of the assembly in close contact with the sheet material so as to form a substantially positive connection therewith, but that the staple Consequently,

in passing through the apertures Il of the intermediate sheets, forms an impositive connection or- It will also be observedV that the aperturesA through the intermediate layers, or strips, have circumferentially continuous edges so as to be closed all around and not likely to be torn through as they are spaced from each longitudinal edge of each layer. It will also be observed that the notches I0 provide openings in each of all of the layers andthat the edges of these openings are also circumferentially continuous and spaced from each longitudinal edge of -the record. In this wise though there may be some weakening of the layer material by provision of these apertures and openings, they are disposed well in the body of the record and are covered by the inner and outer layers of the r'ecord, and thus protected and the entire record strengthened where the apertures and notches occur.

Obviously, if desired and as has been indicated at 12, the sheets may be formed with feed perforations so that the record may conveniently cooperate with, for example, the teletype. Also numerous further modifications and rearrangements of structure might readily be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the claims.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A record including a plurality of superposed material layers each having a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse linesof severance dividing said record into record packs, fastening means extending .through said layers and lying respectivelydnclosed apertures in at least one layer and individual to each of said packs, said apertures being 'larger than said fastening means and loosely receiving the latter and all of said layers being formed with continuously circumferential notch openings extending respectively into immediate proximity to and adjacent said fastening means but being wholly spaced fromthe latter by an intervening portion of each material layer.

2. A record including a. plurality of superposed material layers having lines of severance dividing them into record packs, fastening means extending through said layers and individual to said packs, said layers each being formed with notch openings extending respectively into immediate proximity to and adjacent said fastening means but being wholly spaced from the latter by an intervening portion of each material layer, and said notches being disposed at points spaced inwardly from both longitudinal layer edges and being in communication with said lines of severance, all the intermediateflayers of the respective packs having closed apertures larger than said fastening means and `.completely laterally surrounding the fastening means.

3. A record including a plurality of superposed layers having transverse lines of severance whereby they may be divided successively into packs of superposed sheets, the sheets of each of said layers being lformed with indented edge portions spaced inwardly 'from both longitudinal layer edges and lying entirely at one side of and extending to an adjacent line of severance whereby said indented portions are rendered accessible upon said record being sub-divided along said lines of severance, and fastening means for said layers and disposed in immediate proximity to said indentations but being wholly spaced from the latter by an intervening portion of each material layer, certain of said layers having closed apertures larger than the fastening means and through which the fastening means passes.

4. A record including a plurality of superposed layers having transverse lines of severance whereby they may be divided successively into packs of superposed sheets, the sheets of each of said layers being`- formed with notch openings extending toone side only of an adjacent line of severance, fastening means for said layers and disposed in immediate proximity to said notch openings but wholly spaced therefrom by inter- I vening layer portions, certain of the layers bethe area of said fastening means and said fastening means extending through said apertures,

the edge of each notch opening and of each aperture being circumferentially continuous.

5. A record, including a plurality of relatively superposed'continuous manifolding layers having transverse lines of severance dividing them into a series of record packs, and a fastener passing through the layers of each record pack and having positive-connection with the outer layers thereof and having loose connection with all of the intermediate layers by virtue of apertures therein larger than the respective fasteners so as to provide for limited relative longitudinal movements between the outer and intermediate layers, each of the layers -of each record pack having vnotch openings respectively spaced from said apertures and intersected by the severance lines and extending toward, but spaced from the respective fasteners by intervening layer portions, the edge of each notch opening and of y each aperture being circumferentially continuous.

6. A record including a plurality of superposed layers having weakened transverse severance lines whereby they may be divided successively into packs of superposed sheets, the sheets 4of each of said layers being formed with notch openings extending to one side of an adjacent line of severance, fastening means for said layers disposed in immediate proximity to said notch openings, but wholly spaced from, the latter by intervening layer portions, certain of the layers being formed with apertures positioned in prox- 'imity to the respective notch openings, but being spaced therefrom and being of greater area than the area of said fastening means, said fas- -tening Ameans extending through the respective apertures, and certain of said layers positioned outside of the apertured layers being engaged by said fastening means to bind the layers together, the edge of each of said apertures and of said notch openings being circumferentially continuous.

7. A record assembly including, in combina-v tion, record and transfer strips in superposed relation with each other and each having a longitudinal series of weakened transverse severance lines dividing them into a plurality of record packs having superposed record and `transfer sheets, said record and transfer strips each having a series of feed apertures longitudinally spaced for .cooperation with a pin feed mechanism and extending along. but inwardly spaced from, each of the opposite longitudinal edges thereof, and extending from end to end of said record packs, each pack having a securing device positioned closely adjacent to but spaced apart from ythe adjacentl severance line for securing said record and transfer strips together, all of said record and transfer .sheets having notch openings contiguous to the respective weakened lines and spaced inwardly from -the longitudinal strip edges and positioned closely to but spaced from the respectively adjacent securing devices, the edge of each of said notch openings being circumferentially continuous.

ARTHUR H. PHILLIPS. WILLIAM ALLAN, Ja. 

